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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Sleuthing for precursors to drinking-water treatment byproducts
New research in ES&T (DOI 10.1021/es7030467 ) shows that a pesticide widely used in Germany degrades into a precursor of a carcinogenic nitrosamine. Several years of careful detective work led to the discovery that a breakdown product known as N,N-dimethylsulfamide (DMS) becomes N-nitrosodimethylami... Continued...

Friday, July 25, 2008

Hospital Food Goes Green: Pleasing Patients and Helping Them Heal
Mark Stevens finally got his appetite back a week after heart bypass surgery last year, but he couldn’t eat the hospital’s food. “Even the nurses cringed when they saw the so-called chicken,” says the 58-year-old New York writer and entrepreneur. “It looked like plastic painted with shoe polish. I n... Continued...

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

California's Green Chemistry Initiative
There is such a thing as better living through chemistry, but only if it's green. As it is, the toxic substances in your sunscreen, plastic bottles, mattresses and a list of other consumer products far too long to cite may be killing you. Chemical manufacturers don't have to disclose much, if any... Continued...

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Penicillin in Peril
The miracle drugs of the 20th century are under threat. Doctors are frustrated by rising numbers of illnesses resistant to their arsenal of antibiotics. When these medicines don't work, patients suffer or even die, and our nation's health tab ratchets upward. Drugs such as penicillin and tetracyc... Continued...